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black lives matter en · X

Etymology

Originally used in the form of the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter on social media (2013), protesting against the deaths of African Americans at the hands of the police.

Meanings

  1. A rallying call and statement of protest, concerning police brutality and racially motivated violence against black people.
    • The ADL’s work covers the usual left-wing causes célèbres: fighting voting integrity measures, pushing for open-borders policies and amnesty for illegal aliens, and vigorously defending the Black Lives Matter riots, to name a few. 2024 February 16, Mike Howell, “Partnership With ADL Compromises FBI’s Integrity and Fairness”, in The Daily Signal:

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Black lives matter alternative lexicographic

Relateds

Black studies · blue lives matter · all lives matter · white lives matter · Black liberation · PLM · Black Power · WLM · police lives matter · ALM · red lives matter

Synonyms

BLM

Translations (15)

ru жи́зни чёрных важны́ (statement of protest) · de schwarze Leben zählen (statement of protest) · es las vidas negras importan (statement of protest) · kw bewnansow du a vern (statement of protest) · pt vidas negras importam (statement of protest) · ru жи́зни черноко́жих име́ют значе́ние (statement of protest) · cmn 黑命貴 /黑命贵 (statement of protest) · ar حَيَاةُ السُّودِ مُهِمَّة (statement of protest) · ms nyawa orang hitam penting (statement of protest) · ko 흑인의 생명은 소중하다 (statement of protest) · eo nigrulaj vivoj gravas (statement of protest) · cmn 黑人的命很重要 (statement of protest) · cmn 黑人的命也是命 (statement of protest) · fr les vies noires comptent (statement of protest) · fi mustien elämällä on väliä (statement of protest)

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